Comments on: Daily Show vs CNBC

By: DL

DL — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:29:37 +0000

Just about the funniest bit of financial humor that I’ve ever seen.

By: dss

dss — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:42:21 +0000

Santelli is not an honorable man. He knows his stuff about the bond market, but otherwise he is just like all the rest of the millionaire reporters/anchors/pundits (otherwise known as Republican shills) that inhabit and pollute CNBC. They are even more insidious than Fox News as they push their corporatist and self serving propaganda by interviewing the various shameless crooks that got us into this position parading their knowledge to influence the suckers that watch the show. Pump and dump in it’s finest form.

By: How the Common Man Sees It

How the Common Man Sees It — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:39:03 +0000

Jester:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester

Blogs actually come close to that function as well

By: DeDude

DeDude — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:05:23 +0000

“John Boehner says that Obama is using the stimulus bill to distribute $500 million dollars worth of condoms to people who should simply obstain from sexual intercourse”

Yes, theres a strategy that has proven itself not to work -so lets ignore the facts and follow the bankrupt GOP ideology.

By: DeDude

DeDude — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:59:48 +0000

Mark D

What you were citing from Jim Cramer is called putting up a straw man (claiming someone want to do something or said something that they did not). He also is using cheap demagoguery to make himself look better at the cost of taking a real look at the facts and helping explain complicated matters to his simple audience. If you are so upset about sophomoric behaviour I don’t understand how you can drag out someone like Cramer as a hero. Or is is just that you get upset when the sophomoric behaviour is aimed at your side of the political spectrum.

By: DeDude

DeDude — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:50:49 +0000

MarkD

Identifying the hypocrites and ideologogs is actually a very important part of coming to the right policies. Nobody with a real dayjob have time to tjek out all the “presumed” facts that are being thrown at them. However, I know that anything coming from e.g., Rush is not trustworthy because he again and again has been exposed as a lyer and a hypocrit. When we can get away from basing discussions on something said on CNBC and instead base it on something said by people like Roubini we have gotten a far step towards finding real solutions – and that requires exposure og the false profets.

By: Rogue Medic

Rogue Medic — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:13:16 +0000

I will let y’all in on a little secret: TDS bookers and writers are regulars here at TBP . . .

That’ll keep you on your best behavior when they are around.

@MarkDD975,

Jon Stewart is in the entertainment business. Not in the way that CNBC is – pretending to provide substance, while just trying to entertain viewers. His does not even make a pretense at providing unbiased information. Too bad Rush Limbaugh and Michael Moore are not as honest about their attempts at entertainment. Jon Stewart is a comedian. This video is funny, unless you are blinded by a need to be serious all of the time.

If Republicans are feeling unfairly targeted by a comedy show, perhaps that should give you an idea of how many people view their platform. We didn’t lose the cold war because of Lenny Bruce. Lighten up, Francis.

By: d4winds

d4winds — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:04:57 +0000

Stewart absolutely nails it–and is hilarious doing it. This is even funnier than the SNL stuff during the election. CNBC is getting Palinized. Couldn’t happen to a more competent crew.

By: Boomer

Boomer — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:16:57 +0000

“Really stupid of Santelli to refuse to come on the show. That way they get to frame the issues, and nail him to whatever wall they want”

Actually the real reason it was stupid was because it left some witty guys 8 minutes of TV time to fill.

By: dps

dps — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:33:35 +0000

@mark
For someone who “doesn’t care” what they say on CNBC you sure seem to care a lot about what’s said on CNBC – and The Comedy Channel. THE COMEDY CHANNEL! Do you get it yet?